EDS v Grimsby tonight on skysports+ / EFL trophy 19:00 29th October 2024.

[waspish]

Quality finish that in top bag!

You noticed now how tall our U21 are now from a few years back!

 

[rowarta]

great finish

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

What a way to win the game. Thunderbastard from R Heskey!

Or not. Sigh.

 

[JRockBlues]

Or maybe not.

 

[mancboy]

That escalated quickly

 

[JRockBlues]

Pens for the extra point it is then.

 

[southamptonblue]

First time watching the u21s and it got me thinking. This competition they're playing in... They are playing against fully fledged teams here.

Is it not demoralizing for the other teams to be playing the youth teams of other clubs? Surely they must look at themselves and wonder where it all went wrong...

I doubt it, considering the prem u21 sides certainly don't excel in the competition generally.

 

[waspish]

Shame we let an equaliser

 

[JRockBlues]

Whatmuff looks a midget campared to their keeper.

 

[Oystercatcher28]

Went to a few of these games before. Decent standard. Some senior pros are surprised by the level of our academy lads. Fitness or experience shows often.

Some change of winners each year, too. Glad to see few U21 squads make the finals.

• 2006–07: Doncaster Rovers
• 2007–08: Milton Keynes Dons
• 2008–09: Luton Town
• 2009–10: Southampton
• 2010–11: Carlisle United (2)
• 2011–12: Chesterfield
• 2012–13: Crewe Alexandra
• 2013–14: Peterborough United
• 2014–15: Bristol City (3)
• 2015–16: Barnsley
• 2016–17: Coventry City
• 2017–18: Lincoln City
• 2018–19: Portsmouth
• 2019–20: Salford City
• 2020–21: Sunderland
• 2021–22: Rotherham United (2)
• 2022–23: Bolton Wanderers (2)
• 2023–24: Peterborough United (2)